Outback Graves Markers

Henry DYER (more)

Cause of Death: Suicide by gunshot

Known as Harry.
Frank Konowen, Sidney Willioughby, Harry Dyer and Laurence Raunio left Wiluna on a prospecting and kangarooing expedition and camped about 100 miles north-west of the town, near Lake Naberoo. On Saturday, 27th October, Dyer and Raunio left the main camp with water for 24 hours, giving instructions to their mates that, failing their return within 24 hours, they were to send up smoke signals. This was accordingly done on Monday morning and, failing to find any trace of the two men, Konowen and Willoughby returned to Wiluna and notified the local police of what had happened.
Constable Dave Allen, accompanied by a black tracker, left town at 11 o'clock the same night and on Tuesday morning picked up the tracks of the missing men.  After tracking and retracking for nearly 40 miles, they came upon the dead bodies of Dyer and Raunio. 
Both men were lying side by side with gunshot wounds which had entered under the chin and came out through the top of the head. One had used a 12 bore shotgun and the other a .303 rifle. A bucket of blood was found close at hand and, about two miles distant, a dead kangaroo, which had been drained for blood. The bodies were recovered and the constable returned to Wiluna on the Wednesday night about 7 o'clock.
An inquest was held on the 7th October in the local courthouse before the acting Coroner, Mr. Jos. E. Coombs. J.P.   The deceaseds' mates, Willoughby and Konowen, detailed the events of the trip and Constable Allen gave evidence of tracking and finding the bodies.
The Coroner recorded a verdict that Dyer and Raunio met their deaths on or about the 3rd November near Lake Naberoo by gunshot wounds, self-inflicted whilst suffering from the pangs of thirst.
Constable Allen, the tracker, and the dead men's mates returned to the scene of the tragedy on Saturday, for the purpose of burying the bodies.
Friends in Wiiuna' made substantial jarrah crosses, suitably inscribed, which were taken out to mark the resting place of the unfortunate men.

Laurience RAUNIO (more)

Cause of Death: Suicide from self-inflicted gunshot wounds brought about by pangs of thirst

Known as Lauri.

Frank Konowen, Sidney Willioughby, Harry Dyer and Laurence Raunio left Wiluna on a prospecting and kangarooing expedition and camped about 100 miles north-west of the town, near Lake Naberoo. On Saturday, 27th October, Dyer and Raunio left the main camp with water for 24 hours, giving instructions to their mates that, failing their return within 24 hours, they were to send up smoke signals. This was accordingly done on Monday morning and, failing to find any trace of the two men, Konowen and Willoughby returned to Wiluna and notified the local police of what had happened.
Constable Dave Allen, accompanied by a black tracker, left town at 11 o'clock the same night and on Tuesday morning picked up the tracks of the missing men.  After tracking and retracking for nearly 40 miles, they came upon the dead bodies of Dyer and Raunio. 
Both men were lying side by side with gunshot wounds which had entered under the chin and came out through the top of the head. One had used a 12 bore shotgun and the other a .303 rifle. A bucket of blood was found close at hand and, about two miles distant, a dead kangaroo, which had been drained for blood. The bodies were recovered and the constable returned to Wiluna on the Wednesday night about 7 o'clock.
An inquest was held on the 7th October in the local courthouse before the acting Coroner, Mr. Jos. E. Coombs. J.P.   The deceaseds' mates, Willoughby and Konowen, detailed the events of the trip and Constable Allen gave evidence of tracking and finding the bodies.
The Coroner recorded a verdict that Dyer and Raunio met their deaths on or about the 3rd November near Lake Naberoo by gunshot wounds, self-inflicted whilst suffering from the pangs of thirst.
Constable Allen, the tracker, and the dead men's mates returned to the scene of the tragedy on Saturday, for the purpose of burying the bodies.
Friends in Wiiuna' made substantial jarrah crosses, suitably inscribed, which were taken out to mark the resting place of the unfortunate men.